Chapter 70 I won't give up on Brother Suzhou
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Ganping Pangjia
The room was quiet. Five or six maids knelt on the ground holding incense for who knows how many hours. Even though their lower bodies had long lost sensation, they did not dare to put down their raised hands.
Beneath the heavy curtains, a figure was lying half-side down on a carved Arhat bed, eyes slightly narrowed, as if taking a nap, wearing only underwear. On the other side of the bed lay two girls, unknown whether they were dead or alive.
With a creaking sound, two covered-faced people came in from outside. Their appearance could not be seen. They picked up the women on the bed and threw them out of the house.
"Sir, Xuanying hasn't come back yet."
All those who can come close to serve are confidants, who always address the master as "Sir" instead of "Eunuch".
The person on the bed finally reacted and raised his eyes lazily, "Waste."
The masked man lowered his head and said in a heavy voice, "This subordinate deserves death."
"For three days in a row, that little beast hasn't been able to deliver the letter on time. How could this good bird have gone sour?" Pang Shan stood up, resting his hands on the small golden nanmu table. He turned and took a sip of the tea handed to him by the maid. "Do you know the reason?"
"I ordered my men to follow the Black Eagle on swift horses, and discovered that it...seems to have found a female eagle outside..." The masked figure hid his face, so his expression couldn't be seen, but from his voice, he must have been puzzled. "Every day, it stays with the female eagle for an hour or two before flying to the capital."
The next moment, the teacup fell at his feet and broke into pieces.
The masked man was startled and wisely shut his mouth, not daring to say anything.
"Such an absurd excuse, do you think I believe it?" Pang Shan opened his eyes. Perhaps because he had been pretending to be a eunuch for so long, his originally handsome face had become more feminine. "In such a small county, how many people have seen an eagle?"
The masked man lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "I would never dare to speak nonsense, let alone deceive you, my Lord."
"Go and check for me." Pang Shan's face was gloomy, and murderous intent was surging in his eyes. "First, Wu Ping disappeared and his life or death was unknown. Now there's a problem with Xuan Ying. After all this time, we haven't even found a hair of that damn old man. Don't you want your lives anymore?"
The masked man's heart trembled, and he quickly knelt down to apologize, "My death is not a pity, please don't get yourself hurt by anger..."
"Get out of here!" Pang Shan glared at him, his voice filled with suppressed anger. "If you can't figure this out, I'll kill you!"
"Yes." The masked man stood up and walked away, not daring to offend him again.
One person goes out and one person comes in.
"Sir, the secret letter we sent to the government was sent back again."
Pang Shan was filled with so many worries that he could no longer sit still. "That old bastard Wang Lin has insulted me three times. He totally ignores me!"
"The government won't allow us to search for him on the streets, nor can we post a wanted notice. Finding Du Heng's whereabouts is extremely difficult. Seven or eight of our brothers are already being targeted by the government. If they make any more moves, they will all be thrown into jail and serve as a warning for seven days."
"That old fool is really tired of living!" Pang Shan's face turned pale. He threw all the valuable things on the small table to the ground to vent his anger. "Wang Lin is forty-three years old this year, and his family only has one daughter, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his confidant understood and nodded in agreement, "I will immediately send people to the Wang family to ambush. If the Wang family girl shows up, she will be captured immediately."
"I just don't believe that Wang Lin can remain calm and composed." Pang Shan raised the corners of his lips and smiled coldly, "There's a girl named Zhou Beibei in the backyard who serves us well. Bring her over here."
"Yes, sir."
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Zhendong Wang Family
"Miss, the female tutor that Madam has hired will be here soon. We absolutely cannot sneak away again!"
Su Mei held the corner door, using all her strength to stop her master. "Madam has already become suspicious last time. If I let this servant pretend to be you again and Master and Madam find out, both of us will be beaten!"
"Sumei, my dear Sumei, please help me one more time." Wang Qingchan, dressed as a maid, stood beside her, shaking her arm with a sweet and innocent look on her face, whispering coquettishly, "Finally, I caught Su Cheng alone. Brother Suzhou is taking the provincial examination, so I will go meet that woman. Please help me one more time!"
"Miss!" Su Mei was so anxious that she jumped up and down, and the word "reluctance" was almost written on her face. "It doesn't matter if I get beaten. I'm afraid that Master will find out that you haven't given up on Mr. Xie. He is a person that Master has high hopes for. Miss is Master's biological daughter. Have you ever seen him care so much about someone else?"
"Since Daddy is so interested in him, it means that Brother Suzhou is a promising talent. Why can't he be a good match for me?" Wang Qingchan snorted, discontented. "A man like that, is he going to marry a country bumpkin like Su Cheng?"
"Miss, you can't say that..."
"Shut up!" Wang Qingchan was unwilling to give in. He shook off her hand and whispered, "Mother said that love between men and women requires courage and perseverance. I will never give up on Brother Suzhou. Just help me keep my whereabouts a secret. You don't have to worry about the rest."
After saying that, she leaned sideways, squeezed out of the corner door, and ran away.
"Miss!" Su Mei was horrified and wanted to chase after her, but she had to clean up the mess for her. "You are always so worrying..."
Wang Qingchan ran to the corner of the market, looked back, and saw that Sumei was not there. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and his steps became lighter.
But before she could be happy, when she was passing through a dark alley, she was suddenly slapped on the back of the neck, a sack was put over her head, and she was thrown into a carriage parked in the alley.
In the clothing store across the street, a big man and a small child walked out hand in hand.
"Mom, this is the money my second uncle left for you to buy new clothes. If he knew you spent half of it on Cuicui and me, he'd definitely punish us." Xie Chen held his mother's hand with one hand and carried the package with the other, whispering, "My clothes can still be worn after mending them. There's no need to spend money on them."
"I used to be extravagant and rewarded myself a lot. I have the most clothes in the family. The money your second uncle gave me is to supplement the family expenses. Just rest assured." Su Cheng found it funny and said softly, "Your little shirt has almost twenty patches on it. Besides, we don't have to worry about food and drink now. You and Cuicui are growing faster. Of course, you need two new clothes."
"But..." Xie Chen clutched the heavy package in his hand, still feeling that it was all a dream.
Just a month ago, he and his sister were being brutally beaten and abused by his stepmother...
"Don't be shy. Didn't you buy it for the rest of the family too?" Su Cheng patted his head and scolded him softly, "You're more like a little girl than Cuicui, nagging."
"Thank you, Mom." Xie Chen smiled shyly at her and closed his little mouth.
"Thank your second uncle. It's his stipend that's being spent." Su Cheng couldn't help laughing. He held his little hand again and glanced at the entrance of the alley inadvertently, where he saw a pair of small feet.
In a flash, he was dragged into the alley.
"Mom?" Xie Chen saw her suddenly stop and looked in the direction she was looking, but he didn't see anything. Puzzled, he turned back and asked softly, "Mom, what are you looking at?"
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